Why conservatives and industries are challenging FDA power in court

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Why conservatives and industries are challenging FDA power in court

WASHINGTON – The world was more than a year into the pandemic when the Food and Drug Administration, FDA became alarmed about reports of Americans treating COVID-19 with an anti-parasitic drug often used in horses and cows.

Eager to head off an untested and potentially dangerous fad treatment, the agency posted a warning on its website noting that the drug, ivermectin, was not approved for COVID-19 and that ingesting doses of the drug frequently given to farm animals had already left “multiple” people in the hospital.

“You are not a horse. You are not a cow,” the FDA posted to social media in mid-2021, as COVID-19 vaccines were already widely available in the USA. “Seriously, y’all. Stop it.”

Those warnings are now the subject of a pending lawsuit by three doctors who claim the FDA overstepped its authority by weighing in with medical advice they say should be left to physicians. The ivermectin suit is one of several working through federal courts challenging the FDA’s power to make decisions or dispense information.

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